Swimming Lessons

Here are some of our boys having their first swimming lessons from Mandla Cele who is the pool supervisor at the Windermere Municipal Swimming Pool.
Learning how to swim is, in our books, a very important part of a child's education. Perhaps at a later stage we will be able to incorporate life-saving lessons for the better swimmers.
Mr. Cele is doing a great job and we appreciate his kindness in giving his time to our boys.

Easter Eggs for Africa

Easter is upon us - again - and with it comes the annual gift of Easter Eggs from our wonderful freinds at Crawford Preparatory School North Coast.
Every year these kind young people remember those who are less fortunate than themselves and they fill a bakki (see picture) with hundreds of Easter Eggs for our boys to feast on.
As always, we are most grateful to the school and hope that their Easter will be as happy as ours is bound to be, thanks to their generosity.

Mdlands Ultra Triathlon

I Care was the only charity present at the Midlands Ultra Triathlon this year, held at the Midmar Dam in KZN. We volunteered our assistance as marshalls, timekeepers etc. The picture shows some of the staff running through the finishing line - without completing the course!
The event was a great success and even if our staff members didn't take part as athletes they enjoyed themselves as much as those who did, as can be seen from the picture. What fun!

Our Annual Review

Our Annual Review was held at the Hope Centre in Greyville on Friday, April 15.
Grant Retief, Chairman, read out the report which was compiled by Anne Slatter, Managing Director.
This was followed by the staff and boys from the centre giving a beautiful rendition of a Zulu hymn. It so moved the donors and other staff members they requested an encore.
After this everyone enjoyed coffee or tea and muffins.
We would like to thank those kind donors who attended the Review - we appreciated their support.

Iron Man Melbourne Australia

On March 24 long time friends, Gary Babich and Rowland Visser of Durban, will be taking part in Iron Man Melbourne which means a 3.8 km swim, 180 km cycle ride and a 42 km run.
They will be the only South Africans taking part in a field of 136 different countries. They are racing in the colours of 'Iron Man for Street Kids', an I Care NPO, in an attempt to raise awareness and funds.
I Care wishes both men "good luck" and a huge "thank you".

Umhlanga Rotary

Two years ago Rotary Umhlanga, together with the Rotary Club of Drachten de Wouden in Holland, funded one of our rehabilitation courses. Subjects covered were communication skills, decision making, trust issues, health, life planning, fear and anxiety, crime and drug abuse, sexuality, HIV & Aids, self esteem and family relationships.
37 boys completed one of the three programmes during the sponsorship and of these 13 are home with family and self-suppporting, 10 are back with family but still in our aftercare programme, 7 are living in our I Care houses, and 5 are currently completing skills training. Sadly there are two boys who have returned to the streets after being reunited with family.
However, we feel that a 95% success rate is pretty good and we thank Rotary for helping to make this possible through their kindness and compassion.